Friday, August 27, 2010

Wonderful party and delicious free fonts

We’ve just come back from a wonderful party – many old friends we haven’t seen for a couple of years. Michael’s birthday card was produced using some wonderful fonts that are free to download from the Conqueror paper website.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Choosing recipes

Thursday, August 19, 2010

How to get half a million teenagers out of bed before midday

The sound of Tom pounding away at the refresh key trying to get onto the UCAS website woke us up this morning. After an hour of trying he eventually succeeded. We were so pleased that we didn’t need to put on our ‘cheerful-because-we-really-aren’t-disappointed’ faces. Fantastic news – and for us parents only one university to drive to.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Peering at the computer

Trying to find a new door handle for the car on e-Bay. Our resourceful mechanic moved the back door-handle to the front to get the car through the MOT but we still need to be able to open the back door. Another year without having to think about buying a newer car, thank goodness.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Picnic lunch in Cambridge

On Sunday Robin, Xavier and I took a canoe down the river Cam through Cambridge. After battling our way past the punts in the centre of Cambridge, we enjoyed a picnic lunch on Jesus Green while Freddie & Friends played jazz for the people in the park.